NEEDLES & KNITS

Here is an idea that everyone loves! Homemade knitted dishcloths. With Christmas just around the corner we thought you might need a teacher's gift or a hostess gift...Just add ribbon and a nice smelling soap and you have a really thoughtful and useful gift.

Needles and Knits has some lovely colourful cotton yarns that can be used to knit dishcloths. There is Cascade Ultra Pima, Bamboo cotton and Berroco.

You can use a basketweave pattern or seed stitch pattern for the dishcloth or try one of these dishcloth patterns we made up. The beauty of knitting a dishcloth is that you can do it while watching tv and you can knit one up in an evening.

Knitted WashclothCast on uneven number of stitches. (we used 45 stitches) Row 1: wrong side - K1, *P1, K5; repeat from* across to last 2 stitches. P1, K1. Row 2: right side - K across Repeat these 2 rows until dishcloth is approximately 10 X 10 or whatever size you desire. End with Row 1. Bind off.

P. S. Be sure to check out next month's blog as you are going to want to knit it for your special "little" someone. "Adorable" would be one word to describe it.